privative vs wanting

privative

• indicating the absence of something 

• causing privation; depriving 

• consisting in the absence of something; negative 

• something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

wanting

• Absent or lacking. 

• Deficient. 

• That wants or desires. 

• Without, except, but. 

• Less, short of, minus. 

• The state of wanting something; desire.